harmlessly

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Although ESBL- and CRE-producing bacteria often live harmlessly in the human gut, they can cause severe illness if they enter the urinary tract or bloodstream.

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2026

If warmer oceans energize storms, couldn’t they also influence other meteorological phenomena that diverted this year’s hurricanes harmlessly out to sea?

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

The early human-leopard cat relationship was essentially "commensal" where two species live alongside each other harmlessly, said Prof Shu-Jin Luo of Peking University in Beijing.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025

Then the wind shifted slightly, and the dense gray smoke that had been billowing harmlessly up the slope turned and engulfed me.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2025

She took flight with amazing speed, and Chiron’s arrow whizzed harmlessly past her head.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan